2025 Getting Over Awards: The Meatys honor wrestling's best from WWE, AEW, beyond

Getting Over: Wrestling Podcast

Adam Silverstein

Professional Wrestling, After Shows, Wwe Raw, Sports, Aew, Wrestling, Wwe Nxt, Aew Dynamite, News, Smackdown, Wwe, Pro Wrestling, Nxt, All Elite Wrestling, Wrestlemania, Raw, Njpw, Wwe Smackdown, Wwe Wrestlemania, Sports News, Tv & Film

4.8 • 544 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 119 minutes

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The 2025 Getting Over Awards honor the best of the best (and worst of the worst) -- pulling no punches as The Meatys are handed out to the top wrestlers, matches, storylines, feuds, moments and events. Host Adam Silverstein, co-host Chris Vannini and our listeners highlight WWE, NXT, AEW and beyond, including John Cena's final year as a professional wrestler, Paul Heyman turning on Roman Reigns and CM Punk to join Seth Rollins, IYO SKY and Mercedes Mone leading the growth of women's wrestling, Naomi's memorable heel turn and much more.

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0:00.0	Hey now, and welcome to the 2020-5 Getting Over Awards, also known as The Meadies.
0:20.0	I am the Silver King, Adam Silvers team,
0:23.0	here to lead you through these hard times.
0:27.0	As we celebrate the best and brightest,
0:30.2	criticize the worst and dimmest
0:32.3	that professional wrestling had to offer in 2025.
0:37.1	That's right, getting over is back for our sixth annual award show
0:41.6	as we hand out meaties in 24 categories with nominees spanning WW and NXT developmental,
0:49.7	AEW, New Japan Pro Wrestling, CMLL, TNA Wrestling, and Stardom.
0:56.2	Award winners will have earned the majority of votes from myself, the Silver King,
1:01.1	Adam Silverstein, our co-host, Vintage Chris Vinini, and you, our listeners, the getting
1:06.6	overheads.
1:07.4	But for the first time, due to a significant increase in voting totals,
1:12.0	it is your ballots that will carry the plurality of weight as we have altered our
1:17.0	calculations no longer. Will our three voting bodies each represent a one-third share of
1:22.6	the voting? Rather, all of you, our listeners, will get 40% of the vote. This was another tremendous year in
1:30.5	professional wrestling. And as such, it is our second of two 2025 recap episodes that we have
1:36.5	already published with our smash hit year in review show in the podcast feed. If you have not
1:43.3	already lent your ear holes to that performance
1:45.8	enhancing audio, be sure to find it and listen as soon as you can. Here at the Getting Over
1:51.2	Wrestling podcast, we remind you that this program is all about defy it. So head over to Apple
1:59.7	podcast and Spotify.
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